2016-04-01                     House Journal                      Page 2008
HJR 30                                                                                                                        
The State Affairs Committee considered:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 30                                                                                               
    Urging the American Psychiatric Association to change the term                                                              
    "post-traumatic stress disorder" or "PTSD" to "post-traumatic                                                               
    stress injury" or "PTSI"; and urging the governor to support usage                                                          
    of the term "post-traumatic stress injury."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 30(STA)                                                                                   
    Urging the American Psychiatric Association to change the term                                                              
    "post-traumatic stress disorder" or "PTSD" to "post-traumatic                                                               
    stress injury" or "PTSI"; urging the governor to support usage of                                                           
    the term "post-traumatic stress injury"; respectfully requesting that                                                       
    the Alaska delegation in Congress champion this change of                                                                   
    designation in the United States Congress; and designating June                                                             
    27, 2016, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Keller, Vice Chair, with the                                                            
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (4):  Spohnholz, Talerico, Vazquez, Kreiss-Tomkins                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Keller                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHJR 30(STA):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Legislative Agency                                                                                                    
2.  Zero, Dept. of Military & Veterans' Affairs                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HJR 30 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                 
calendar.